Weekly Agenda 9.26-9.30 END of GP1

MONDAY

More Poetry; Olds’ “35/10” -R,R,R

Break into small groups and consult poems on p731:

On one sheet with all group member names, write out collective TPS-FAST, and denotative/connotative meanings of each title in a paragraph.

HW Candide Essay due to turnitin.com on Wed, by 11:59pm

TUESDAY

Candide Essay Peer Review and Checklist

WEDNESDAY

Small Group Presentations

HW Reminder, Journal Entry #5 on your independent book is due Friday, in class.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Back to Poetry

Read p732 on Imagery and follow it up with Hughes “Harlem”  answer 1-2

Then, back to page p741, Those Winter Sundays”

(metonymy, synecdoche, villanelle, etc)

-handout

Independent Reading Share out

HW Continue Reading Ind. Book; Handout on “As I Walked Out One Evening” by Auden

Weekly Agenda 9.19-9.23

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Consider Evidence Log
-look at Models
What makes humor:
-terms
-satire
A Closer Read: DIDLS (Add to Evidence Log)
Steven Wright
Leonard Bernstein
HW DUE WED 28th

WEDNESDAY

LAPTOP WORK DAY-PEER EDIT

THURSDAY-Friday

INTRODUCTION to POETRY

-UNIT HANDOUT

Pp__ “The Eagle” by Tennyson caesura

Techniques: TPS-FAST, RRR

“Love Poem”

enjambment

Pp__: connotation and denotation

Answer #1,2,3; pp__#1-6

Independent Reading Journal Entry #5, due next week.

Sound and Sense, read “Cross” p__, complete TPS-FAST

Pp__, “One Art” #1-3

Villanelle, tone

OPTIONAL HW: Write and original poem, include words with denotative, connotative meanings; include imagery, rhyme scheme.

Weekly Agenda 9.12-9.16

CANDIDE

MONDAY

College Center

TUESDAY

Sound and Sense

-read either Twain’s “Cannibalism in the Cars” and answer questions 1-4 on p360; or, Updike’s “A&P” and answer questions 1-5 on pp376-377.  

-turn in on Wednesday

WEDNESDAY

-return to long definition of satire

-review Journal #4

Candide Prompt

-Evidence Log/Close Reading Graphic Org.

-Vocabulary

--LAPTOP WORK--

Candide Model Essay

-Scoring Guide

-Practice conclusion

THURSDAY Early Dismissal 1:05

FRIDAY

Candide Essay

-Peer Editing

CANDIDE ESSAY due September 23rd to turnitin.com.

HW Independent Reading Journal Entry #5, pp1-30; prepare to share next MONDAY, 9/26.

Weekly Agenda 9.6-9.9

MONDAY→ LABOR DAY

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY

50 Vocabulary Words

-Candide Vocabulary

--word; definition; passport

Sound and Sense

-Humor/Irony

CANDIDE PPT

Share #3: Swift “A Modest Proposal”

Thoughtful Questions: How does Voltaire make a list of horrors add up to comedy?  What kind of laughter does his comedy produce?

Rousseau Excerpt (if time)

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Consider Hogarth’s “Gin Lane”

-OPTIC

-supplemental visuals

Anticipate function of satire in Candide

-long, literary definition

CANDIDE ESSAY due September 23rd to turnitin.com.

HW Independent Reading Journal Entry #4, pp1-30

College Application and Writing

The Common App requires teachers to rate students on these qualities:

Academic Achievement Maturity Motivation

Intellectual Promise Leadership

Quality of Writing Integrity

Creative Thought Reaction to Setbacks

Productive Discussion Concern for Others

Disciplined Habits Self-confidence

Faculty Respect Initiative

Helpful Links:

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/personal-questions/

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

http://www.commonapp.org/whats-appening/application-updates/common-application-announces-2016-2017-essay-prompts